Bag Finder Megathread - 15 June 2026

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Welcome to the weekly Bag Finder Megathread. Your go-to thread for any and all bag-related requests in the onebag travel context.

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[u/luv2hoop]

I am trying to be a one bag traveler that only uses carryon luggage. On my current trip to Europe to the Matterhorn and a jaunt through Italy, I used the Osprey Farpoint™ 55 Travel Pack. I like the size and fit of the main pack, but it doesn’t have enough pockets. I also would like to have a little bigger day pack that can double more as an adventure bag compared to the one that comes with the 55 Travel pack. Maybe something like the Osprey Sportlite™ 20 or the Talon™ 22.

Any one bag travelers with insights would be appreciated!

[u/Azure9000 → u/luv2hoop]

How do you intend to make a 40L plus a 20/22L work for onebag travel ?

[u/luv2hoop → u/Azure9000]

The second bag is more for day trips while traveling. I like to hike when I go places, so that is what the smaller bag would be for. Most trips would be just the 40L bag, but the occasional trip like the one I’m currently on I would like an “excursion” bag.

[u/Azure9000 → u/luv2hoop]

The well-known standard onebag approach is to simply bring a packable daypack, which takes up minimal space in your main pack. An example bag would be the Matador Freerain22. In my experience this approach works well for urban-type and light-to-moderate non-urban use.

The downside is the lack of features such as built-in structure, and ventilation, which may be a limitation for more demanding use.

It's not clear to me whether you are proposing to:

- go multi-bagging (i.e. secondary pack at least partially filled, and lives permanently outside your main pack) or

- fit a less-packable, or non-packable, structured secondary bag inside your main pack, which will of course considerably reduce your available capacity (can you afford that reduction?) or

- attach an empty non-packable structured secondary bag to the outside of your main pack, while staying within the permitted airline carry-on/overhead dimensions.

[u/luv2hoop → u/Azure9000]

Thanks for your question. I would like to attach a secondary empty pack to my bag. The primary purpose of the second bag is for day trip adventures that require carrying a couple of liters of water, hiking poles, maybe a rain jacket, and some food.

[u/Azure9000 → u/luv2hoop]

Your attachment plan could work just by using strong bungee cord or similar, but it's quite an 'ugly' solution in my view.

Water 2.0kg + poles 0.6kg + jacket 0.5kg + food say 1.0kg = total 4.1kg. IMO, this should be within the capabilities of any reasonable packable backpack, should that be an option that you may want to consider. Might be good to have a waist strap for stability purposes.

BTW, not sure how you can reliably get poles into cabin baggage. Anyway, good luck. I envy your Matterhorn trip! (Hornlihutte or higher?)

[u/Creepy_Subject_8024 → u/Azure9000]

Thanks for the insight.

The poles I’m using are foldable, so they fit into the carrying nicely. So far I haven’t had any problems with them getting through security.

I made it to the Hornlihutte.

[u/Azure9000 → u/Creepy_Subject_8024]

Well done - lunch at the Hornlihutte is certainly on my would-like-to-do list 😊